Favorite Quotes Here you can browse the collection of best quotes I’ve been gathering for more than a decade (current total of over 500). There’s also a downloadable CSV file (58 KB) available. For a selection of the best famous quotes, check ’60 Selected Best Famous Quotes’, Part I and Part II.If you’re interested in starting your own quote collection, check ‘5 Reasons to Collect Favorite Quotes‘. The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. A. History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives. Abba Eban How many legs does a dog have, if you call the tail a leg? Abraham Lincoln Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power. When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad, and that is my religion. Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt. To the man who only has a hammer, everything he encounters begins to look like a nail. Adlai E.
How A Startup Named Hipster Got 10K Signups In Two Days, Without Revealing What It Does By now you might be familiar with the startup with the funny name, as its very existence made news outlets as diverse as the Washington Post, Portfolio.com and Hipster Runoff. And while Hipster CEO Doug Ludlow still refuses on the record to say what the site is about, at this point we’ve heard the words Yelp, Quora and location-based Q&A site being tossed around by sundry reporters, savvy Googlers and one ambitious tipster who sent us an in-depth analysis of its Javascript. But just like the hipster tribe themselves, what Hipster does is besides the point (at least at the moment). What’s more interesting is the fact that a total of 14K people have already signed up with little information about the site’s purpose, the first 10K in two days after marketing launch. How did Ludlow do it? Drawing directly from Fork.ly‘s viral “launching soon” page, he posted the following link on Hacker News, “Want to be a Hipster? Okay Hipster, now’s your turn to delight.
Fun With Words: Glossary of Linguistics and Rhetoric ablaut a vowel change that accompanies a change in grammatical function. Same as "gradation." Sing, sang, and sung. accidence the part of morphology that deals with the inflections of words. accismus pretended refusal of something desired. acrolect a variety of language that is closest to a standard main language, especially in an area where a creole is also spoken. adianoeta an expression that carries both an obvious meaning and a second, subtler meaning. adnominal characteristic of an adnoun. adnominatio assigning to a proper name its literal or homophonic meaning; also, paronomasia or polyptoton. adnoun the use of an adjective as a noun. adynaton a declaration of impossibility, usually expressed as an exaggerated comparison with a more obvious impossibility. alexia inability to read, usually caused by brain lesions; word blindness. alliteration repetition of the same sound beginning several words placed close together, usually adjacent. alphabetism the expression of spoken sounds by an alphabet.
Ten Rules for Web Startups #1: Be NarrowFocus on the smallest possible problem you could solve that would potentially be useful. Most companies start out trying to do too many things, which makes life difficult and turns you into a me-too. Focusing on a small niche has so many advantages: With much less work, you can be the best at what you do. #2: Be DifferentIdeas are in the air. #3: Be CasualWe're moving into what I call the era of the "Casual Web" (and casual content creation). #4: Be PickyAnother perennial business rule, and it applies to everything you do: features, employees, investors, partners, press opportunities. #5: Be User-CentricUser experience is everything. #6: Be Self-CenteredGreat products almost always come from someone scratching their own itch. #7: Be GreedyIt's always good to have options. #9: Be AgileYou know that old saw about a plane flying from California to Hawaii being off course 99% of the time—but constantly correcting? #11 (bonus!)
Guide to dishwasher machines and septic systems InspectAPedia tolerates no conflicts of interest. We have no relationship with advertisers, products, or services discussed at this website. Residential dishwashing machines and their possible effects on septic systems are explained in this article. Will the discharge from a home dishwashing machine into a private septic system harm the septic tank or drainfields? What detergents are best to use in a home dishwasher to minimize impact on the septic system and the environment. How can we reduce the impact of a dishwasher on a septic system - should we install a separate drywell? Green links show where you are. © Copyright 2014 InspectApedia.com, All Rights Reserved. A Guide to Home DISHWASHER Machines - and Septic Systems Does a dishwasher water volume overload and harm the septic system? The volume of water from home dishwashing machine use should not be a problem with a normal septic system in good working order. According to Cliff Davies, a U.S. But Mr. Reply: More Reading
- This is going to be BIG! - Startup Recruiting Hacks Yesterday, First Round had its annual CEO Summit. One of the cool things about being a fund that works with so many early stage companies is that bringing the whole portfolio together in one place results in a lot of collaborative learning opportunities. One of the topics that was discussed in a breakout session was recruiting. From what I've seen, most companies simply don't get enough people in the top of the funnel. Finding the right person is hard, but it also starts with being a volume game. The more candidates you reach and evaluate, the better the idea you have of who you are looking for and the more you get the word on the street that you are hiring. Actually, startups tend to drop the ball on recruiting the same way they mess up in PR. Events Events are the single easiest way to get a bunch of hiring leads in and to inform them about what you're up to. Social Media Content from your Employees Want to find a whole bunch of Ruby devs in a hurry? The Meetup Ground War Contests
Aquaponic Gardening - A Community and Forum For Aquaponic Gardeners Some thoughts on recruitment – instinct over CV | The Equity Kic Having the right team is crucial for a startup and keeping the team right as a company develops is a critical discipline. I think this is one of the areas where a good investor director can add the most value: by leveraging experience across many startups to advise entrepreneurs on the likely impact on team requirements of growth and the other twists and turns of startup life by leveraging their network to find good candidates and recommend good headhunters (and leverage their reputation to make sure the headhunters deliver to the best of their ability) by leveraging their experience of working with many different types of manager and entrepreneur in many different situations to advise on the strength of individual candidates In other words helping our portfolio with recruitment is an important part of the VC job description. I am a big believer in the power of instinct in recruitment, and I have made many more mistakes ignoring gut feel than I have going with it.
25+ apps that the TED staff swears make their everyday lives easier At our small, fast-moving nonprofit company, everyone does a couple of jobs — and productivity apps help us manage roles that shift between coding, writing/designing and running a full-scale conference twice a year. We asked the TED staff what apps they can’t live without. And beyond the classics—Instagram, Google Maps, Spotify, Uber, Seamless—we found some great apps that might help you too. (A star denotes that the app is free, or at least has a free version.) For random life stuff… Dark SkyA weather app with startling accuracy, its interface tells you things like: “Light rain starting in 22 minutes.” *SunriseLike your Google Calendar with key improvements, several staffers swear by this app. *KeyMeCommunications manager Samantha Kelly was excited to download this app, as she recently got locked out of her apartment. *Think DirtyThis app tells you exactly what’s in the personal care product you’re about to buy. *Camera360This app has more than 200 photo filters and 10 modes.
Whom Should You Hire at a Startup? (Attitude Over Aptitude) This post originally ran on TechCrunch. Startups.We know the mantra: Team matters. Is this philosophy exaggerated? Overrated? Cliché? Whatever you’re working on now, the half-life of innovation is so rapid now that your product will soon be out-of-date. The nature of the Internet and global knowledge is such that even if you’ve stumbled on to a super interesting area of innovation there will be many teams tackling the same problem at exactly the same time. The company with the best team on the field will win. So how exactly do you assemble such a team? 1. Is this a universal truism? So if you’re trying to scale your team be focused on quality. Aim high. 2. It means that many management teams I know feel the need to hire people who have “done it before” and frankly many VCs encourage this. Importantly, you also find people who are too quick to undermine the authority of the founders. So what do it mean to “punch above one’s weight class?” You said, “Eff experience. 3. Really? Remember. 4.
100 Amazing How-To Sites to Teach Yourself Anything | Rated Colleges Posted by Site Administrator in Online Learning May 7th, 2009 Learning new skills and expanding your knowledge doesn’t have to cost you an arm and a leg. There are loads of free resources on the Web that can help you find instructional videos, tutorials and classes to learn a wide variety of skills from fixing basic car problems to speaking another language. General Tutorials These sites offer a wide range of tutorials and videos. Around the House Want to know how to fix that broken cabinet or hang up some great wallpaper? Business and Management If you feel like you’re seriously lacking on business and management skills at work, no need to worry. KnowThis? Language and Writing Those who want to learn a new language, improve their writing skills or just learn more about literature will be well-served by these instructional sites. Technology These tech-focused sites offer help to both technophiles and beginners alike. actDEN: Never learned how to use Microsoft Excel? Math S.O.S. Science Creativity